Wire-fence tie.



G. A. SGHEELEV WIRE FENCE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 190B.

91 9,476, Y Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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GUSTAV ADOLPH SOHEELE, OF JACKSON, l\lIOI-IIGAN.

WIRE-FENCE TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27, 1909.

Application filed July 17, 1908. Serial No. 443,956.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .l Gus'mv ihimrn SCHEELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful lm n'ovements in Vire- Fence Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in ties for securing together the line and stay wires of a fence.

The object of the invention is to provide a tie for the line and stay wires of a fence to securely hold these parts together against lateral or longitudinal movement.

A further object is to provide a tie wire, the ends of which when the tie is in operative position, will be guarded and lie in such positions to prevent any obstruction or projections upon which the stock will be injured, or the ends bent back and the tie thereby loosened.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front side view of my improved tic, showing the same in operative position upon the line and stay wires of a fence; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same; Fig. 8 is a side edge view showing the stay wire in section; Fig. 4; is an end view of one end of a tie showing the line wire of the fence in section; and F ig. 5 is a similar view of the opposite end of the tie showing the line wire in section.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the line wire and 2 the stay wire of a fence. The line wire at its point of crossing the stay wire is provided with a bend forming a laterally projecting hump, 3, and the stay wire at its point of crossing the line wire is provided with a bend to form a laterally projecting hump, l.

My improved tie consists of a single piece of wire bent substantially midway between its ends to form a loop, 5, which is passed around or engaged with the line wire of the fence as shown at (3. The ends of the loop are then brought over or across the stay wire as shown at 7 One end of the tie wire is then passed around the line wire on the opposite side of the stay wire, as shown at 8, and this end is then bent inwardly and forced into light engagement with the side of the hump, l, of the stay wire, said end being cut on a bevel or at an angle to squarely engage the sides of the hump. The end of the wire when thus engaged with the hump, l, will be flush with the outer surface thereof, and will be immediately above the line wire which'crosses the side wire at this point. The end. of the tie wire will thus be guarded and prevented from presenting any obstruction or projection which would tend to inj are stock rubbing against the same, or to be caught by other objects and bent back and loosened. The opposite end of the tie wire is bent around the line wire into the form of a loop, 9, said loop being forced into tight engagement with the looped opposite end of the tie. The end of the wire after forming the loop, 2), is forced into engagement with the opposite end of the tie wire, adjacent to its engagement with the hump, i, with which it forms a perfectly llush engagement and presents no projection or obstruction to in ure stock or to be caught by other objects and thereby loosened.

A Lie constructed as herein shown and described will not only serve to rigidly lock the line and cross or stay wires of the fence in operative position, but will also by its peculiar construction form a guard for the ends of the tie wire, said ends being beveled and engaged as hereinbefore described, as well as being further protected in one direction by the sides of the loop, 5, where the same are bent laterally in crossing the stay Wire, said laterally bent portions being disposed slightly beyond the plane of the engaged ends of the tie, thus forming a guard or protection for said ends. The ends are protected in the opposite direction by means of the humps formed in the line and stay wires as well as by the loop, 9, formed in one of said ends when engaged with the line wire as hereinbefore described.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without rcquiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

A tie wire for the line and stay wires of a fence comprising a loop adapted to be engaged with the line wire of the fence and having its ends passed around the opposite side of the stay Wire, a loop formed in one of said ends and bent around the line wire on the opposite side of the stay wire, the end of said loop being beveled and forced into engagement with the side of the stay wire, and

15 a loop formed in the opposite end of the tie Witnesses TIMOTHY A. DANAHER, HARVEY P. MILLS. 

